Month: June 2015

NORML – by Paul Armentano

Members of the United States House of Representatives are anticipated to vote this week (perhaps as earl as Wednesday) on a series of amendments to a Justice Department spending bill. These amendments seek to limit the federal government’s intrusion in states that have regulated various aspects of marijuana production and access.   Continue reading “House Floor Vote To Protect States’ Marijuana Laws Pending In Congress”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

A couple of months ago, I highlighted the horrifying fact that U.S. police killed more civilians in March than UK police killed in 100 years. With May 2015 in the history book, we now have some updated stats, and the results are not pretty. 464 Americans have been killed by police so far this year, which amounts to more than three deaths every single day. If you don’t think this is a problem, I don’t know how to help you.   Continue reading “464 Americans Have Been Killed by Police in 2015 – Here are Their Stories”

The Last Refuge – by Sundance

Several places are now reporting a very disconcerting claim about the justice system in Waco Texas requesting detainees sign waivers promising not to sue the city for unlawful arrest, detention, and civil rights violations.

One law firm has posted the following on their Facebook page outlining the demand:   Continue reading “Update Waco “Twin Peaks” Shooting – Waco Authority Demanding Liability Waivers Prior To Bond Reductions…”

BATR

Watching the DC establishment respond to Senator Rand Paul’s efforts to sunset important aspects of the Patriot Act is like peeling back the skin of a decaying onion to expose the rot. Members of the Senate all take an oath to defend and protect the U.S. Constitution. Well those “public servants” who are doing their perfected “Potomac Two Step” would have the public believe that next week’s vote on some version of the House passed USA Freedom Act will halt the NSA from their systematic violation of 4th Amendment protections.   Continue reading “The Senate’s Patriot Act Betrayal”

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Yahoo News

(Reuters) – A series of moderately powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Oregonovernight and on Monday, but did not trigger tsunamis, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

On Monday, a magnitude 6.0 quake struck off the coast of the West Coast state at a depth of 8.1 miles (13 km) at about 1:11 p.m. local time. Earlier, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit at 3:46 a.m. at a depth of 9.3 miles (15 km).   Continue reading “Earthquakes hit off Oregon coast”

Washington’s Blog

Corruption Is Destroying Basic Science

Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine are the two most prestigious medical journals in the world.

It is therefore striking that their chief editors have both publicly written that corruption is undermining science.   Continue reading “Editors In Chief of World’s Most Prestigious Medical Journals: “Much of the Scientific Literature, Perhaps HALF, May Simply Be Untrue””

Spokesman Review – by Mike Prager

The son-in-law of one of the three people shot to death before fire was set to their Colbert home and barn was arrested Saturday afternoon on three counts of first-degree murder, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said.

Roy H. Murry, of Lewiston, was taken into custody after he appeared voluntarily at the Public Safety Building and was interviewed by detectives, Knezovich said.   Continue reading “Suspect arrested in Colbert triple homicide”

Huffington Post – by Ryan Grim

WASHINGTON — Two Canadian banks tightly connected to promoting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in the United States either fully or partially paid for eight speeches made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the period not long before she announced her campaign for president. Those speeches put more than $1.6 million in the Democratic candidate’s pocket.   Continue reading “Banks Behind Hillary Clinton’s Canadian Speeches Really Want The Keystone Pipeline”

Mercury News – by Sharon Noguchi

MILPITAS — It turns out that one person’s junk is indeed someone else’s treasure.

A South Bay recycling firm is looking for a woman who, in early April, dropped off boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her house after her husband died. About two weeks later, the firm, Clean Bay Area, discovered inside one of the boxes a rare find: a vintage Apple I, one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers put together by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976.   Continue reading “Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200,000; mystery woman stands to get half”

ABC 7 News

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A pig that was taken into custody for going hog wild in a town outside of Detroit seem to express utter contempt for authorities by defecating all over the inside of the police car and smiling about it.

Debbie DeRiemaecker told ABC Affiliate WXYZ the she was doing yard work at her suburban home when a pig suddenly charged toward her from out of nowhere. After being chased around the yard, a laughing DeRiemaecker dialed 911 and explained the situation.   Continue reading “Pig smiles after pooping all over cop car”

Smithfield Farms, the largest pork producing farm in the USA was sold in September, 2013 to China with the unanimous support of its stockholders!! The hogs will still be raised here, but slaughtered and packaged for sale there before being sent back here. This includes labels of Morrell, Eckrich, Krakus, Cudahy, Premium Hams, Cook’s, and Gwaltney.

The same with many chickens: They can now be shipped there, but when they come back all that needs to be labeled is that they WERE RAISED IN THE USA. Not that they were processed in China!!! Our great FDA at work again. The chickens will be all processed and most sold to fast food restaurants for sandwiches, along with schools and supermarkets. The China slaughter and processing are not nearly equal to the requirements here.    Continue reading “Read your food labels before buying”

New York Post – by Aaron Feis, Jennifer Bain, Aaron Short and Laura Italiano

A surge in New York City murders — including four people slain in just five bloody hours as the weekend began — has grieving family members begging Mayor de Blasio to bring back the NYPD’s right to search for guns.

“We need stop-and-frisk,” Stacey Calhoun, the devastated uncle of one of the four fatalities, said Saturday afternoon, tears filling his eyes over the nephew he had just lost.   Continue reading “Shooting victim’s family begs de Blasio: ‘We need stop-and-frisk’”